Quake City Rumble – The Eighth Edition Comparison

Here is a look at the last few years of my QCR attendance (I think I actually first attended in 2010 or 2009, but those were 7^th – plus they don’t have all the standings up for them, just the winners):

	Make up	Out of	2013	2012	2011
Place			33/104	52/104	91/93
Overall	battle+paint+sports+comp	203/223/223	145	153.5	132.5
General	battle+comp	130	93	95.5	72.5
Army	paint+comp	60	36	22.5	22.5
Battle		100	77	87	64
Paint		33	20	14	14
Sports		40/60/60	32	44	46
Comp		30	16	8.5	8.5

First, I find it interesting that they seemed to have dropped the value of the sports scores by a good margin.  So for better comparison, I’ve added a percentage of points:

 

	2013	2012	2011
Place	33/104	52/104	91/93
Overall	71%	69%	65%
General	72%	73%	56%
Army	60%	38%	38%
Battle	77%	87%	64%
Paint	61%	42%	42%
Sports	80%	73%	77%
Comp	53%	28%	28%

First I got a favorite game (I think with my last round opponent), which is awesome.  I also got full sports on the check list.  The last 25% of the sports score is made up of favorite game votes at 5% per game.  That’s so much improved and I am very happy with it.  Based on my numbers the other years, it looks like I would have missed a few check boxes each time, probably in the “play again” section due to my list choices.

I find it interesting that in 2012 and 2011 I received the same composition score and paint scores.  It’s the difference in the battle score that sets the difference in my points and even then I only received a 4% increase in the overall category; despite the 23% increase in battle score.  This is what I saw last year, and I was so disappointed in my placement.  QCR is really about the soft scores over the battle scores, with battle making up less than half, though more in 2013 than in the previous two years.

Despite my lower battle score this year, I still outscored my 2012 overall score, by percentage and placement.  I defiantly know what I need to work on for next year – more soft scores!  I fear that this means I need to step up my paint over the next year even with the 19% increase (but this was the lesson of 2012 SAWS as well, where I only took 3^rd place overall even with full battle).  Also in comp, though I suppose this one is less concerning as many people lose as well.  I would really like to get to at least the average of 8, and with that still be able to maintain my battle score.

So with a slight shrinkage4 in battle score, made up with by my increase in composition score, I basically scored the same in general as I did last time.  My plan of skimming below the clouds showed great merit, and I will have to think of how to improve upon it in an event with this much soft score points.  Gaming the system by becoming a nice guy… haha.

Anyone willing to walk me through adding those additional levels of highlights to my skummy models – skummy on purpose, they are rats and they live underground.

Also of note, was that in 2011 I brought 2 warlords, one with the fellblade and one with the wizard hat.  In 2012 I brought a much better list with my two tower unbreakable bullshit.